simple market research

1. Common Oversight Research does not take analysis far enough Does not define addressable & target markets

2. Proper Scope Determining the proper scope of the target markets is critical. If the definition of a target market is too broad, it will be hard to identify their information needs and you will waste money on promotion that won't get the results you want. If the target market is too narrowly defined, it will be difficult to find and generate a customer base that is profitable.

3. Potential Market The total number of people who could buy from your business. For example, if you are selling solely over the Web and only accepting credit cards for payment the potential market would be everyone in the world who owns a credit card and has access to the Internet. Obviously, this is a huge, but illusory, market

4. Addressable Market The group of individuals in the potential market who are likely to have an interest in what your business has to offer. For example, The Limerick Roasting Company The addressable market is persons who live in Limerick travel to limerick pass through limerick work with businesses in limerick from other area’s

5. Target Market The group(s) of individuals in the addressable market that are likely to buy, based on the segmentation factors. In other words, who will buy your product or service provided consumer-environment conditions are perfect and there is no competition. Not everyone in target market will buy from you

6. Market Share The individuals in the target market who can be expected to make a purchase from your business. Your market share is affected by the structure of the industry, the impact of competition, strategies for market penetration, and the amount of capital the business is willing to spend in order to increase its market share. Market share is estimated in the demand forecast section of the marketing plan.

7. Identifying Target Markets With what has been said in slides so far:- background and market-definition description in mind it is time to identify your primary, secondary, and, if necessary, tertiary markets. These are my thoughts having watched over the last few years what works.

8. Primary Market The primary market is the group of individuals in the addressable market most likely to buy your product or service. Think of the primary market as your "premium customer" or "who is most likely to find my site and buy something from it" or "who is chiefly interested in what I have to sell".

9. Secondary Market The secondary market is another class of individuals who are "second most" likely to buy your product or service. In other words, look for another distinct group in the addressable market with different segmentation factors from the primary target market.

10. Target Market Research With 1-2 target markets identified, the next step is to conduct market research to provide some concrete data about them. In this section you are seeking answers to questions such as: What are the specific demographics (age, education, income, etc.) of these markets? How many individuals are in the target market? Are these markets growing? stable? declining?

11. Etc etc etc I hope that helps Graham